Game Info
Year
2022
Players
2
Age
12+
Playtime
20 min
Complexity
1.5/5
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Description
Two-player game where photographers move through Yosemite to take the best pictures of animals and landmarks
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Thematic elements
- photography contest among two photographers
- Yosemite National Park, California
- tutorial/explanation
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Animal movement patterns — Each animal tile provides a unique movement: cougar leaps to an edge; black bear moves you (and can affect the opponent); fox moves up to three spaces in any direction; bighorn sheep moves straight in any direction (with blocking rules); rattlesnake moves one or two spaces orthogonally and can affect the opponent.
- Camping track and tokens — Camping actions move a token along a track toward the player; at game end, token position determines points; some camping actions grant permanent tent tokens for endgame scoring.
- Eat Fish (optional) — Players may spend stored fish to move their photographer before taking the main action.
- End of game and scoring — The game ends when nine photos have been taken; scoring includes photo points, camping points, judge cards (pointing to animals), and landmark tokens; ties are resolved by proximity to the camping token.
- Explore step — On a turn, a player chooses one of three options: (1) move orthogonally and gain one fish (end turn), (2) activate the movement ability of the current animal tile, or (3) if on a landmark, activate the landmark action.
- Landmarks and landmark tokens — Landmark tiles appear and remain on the board; matching landmark tokens with photos yields endgame points; landmarks provide additional explore options once revealed.
- Pattern Movement — Each animal tile provides a unique movement: cougar leaps to an edge; black bear moves you (and can affect the opponent); fox moves up to three spaces in any direction; bighorn sheep moves straight in any direction (with blocking rules); rattlesnake moves one or two spaces orthogonally and can affect the opponent.
- photos — To take a photo, players discard animal tiles from their hand that match the photo's requirements; two of the same animal can act as wilds for a given photo.
- Tile removal and bonus actions — After activating an animal's movement, the tile is removed and placed in front of the player; bonuses on the tile (photograph, fish, camping) may be used as a bonus action.
- Token Pairing — To take a photo, players discard animal tiles from their hand that match the photo's requirements; two of the same animal can act as wilds for a given photo.
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- it's set in yosemite national park california and specifically there is a photo contest happening between two highly skilled photographers
- this is a two player only game
- the game is going to end immediately if we ever go to refill a photo spot after one is taken
- the player with the most points will be the winner
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